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No. 241,504. Patented May 1 7, |881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JAMEs e. MonroN, or CANTON,MissoURI.

HANDCORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,504, dated May 17, 1881.

Application filed October 2l, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Bc it known that I, JAMEs'jG. Mon'roN, of Canton, in the county of Lewis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Corn-Planters; and I clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a side elevation, partly in section, to show the inside construction of the hopper with its reciprocating seed-slide. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through lille x a, Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the seedslide with its clip; and Fig. 4C is a vertical cross-section of the hopper with its false bottoni and seedslide. A

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to handplnnters suitable for the planting lof corn or smaller seed and it consists in the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the In the annexed drawings, A B are the side bars, which are provided with handles a, as usual. Bar B has side plates or wings, b, at its lower end,between which the opposite bar, A, is hinged at c, and both barsare provided at their lowerends withrthe cutting or ground blades d d, as usual.

The hopper C is affixed upon the outside of bar B, and has a false bottom, D, having an opening or slot, E, a little above the seed-opening e in bar B.. Between this false bottom and the bottom of the hopper is inserted the seedslide F, which is made with a step or shoulder,ff, at each end, (see Fig. 3,) and two apertures or seed-cups g g, of different size, one for large and one for small seed. This slide is confined between parallel guide-bars h h, Fig. 4, in the bottom-of the hopper,a`nd its project-A ing outer end is inserted into a slot in the crossbar ofthe clip or stirrup G and held therein by a pin or key, t'. Ihe ends of the clip Gare pivoted by screws j in opposite sides of bar A, and it follows that barsAB cannot be separated farther than to the end of the clip, which thus prevents said bars from coming too far apart in operating the planter.

A wire bail or bow, H, is hinged in bar A and projects into the hopper a short distance above the slotted false bottom I), for the pur-w pose of stirring the seed contained in the hop# per, so that the cup in the seed-slide will be filled or charged at each reciprocation. The aperture e leading from the hopper to the chute or conductor I, on the inner side of bar B, is provided with a brush, lc, which acts as a cutoft' to prevent the seed from slipping back into the seed-cup on the withdrawal of the slide before it is deposited in the chute which conveys it tothe lower end of the planter.

It will be observed that the seed-slide F may ,be reversed in its clip G, according to which In a hand corn-planter, the combination, y

with the bars A B, of the hopper C, constructed with the false bottom D, slotted at E, and parallel guides li h, pivoted clip or stirrup G, reversible seed-slide F, having cups y g, bail or stirrer H, and seed-chu`te l, arranged opposite to the seed-aperture e in the hopper-` bar, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES G. MORTON.

Witnesses:

H. JoHNsoN, (l. E. GUMMINGS. 

